Category: This Month in Coal

During the first quarter, Arch Coal invested $62.1 million in the continued build-out of Leer South in West Virginia, USA, bringing the capital expended on the project to $165 million since its launch in February 2019. Arch...

Anglo American and Komatsu announced a new mine rehabilitation partnership that will see more than 9,000 trees planted at Anglo American’s Dawson mine in Central Queensland’s Bowen Basin. The partnership, Growing Together, aims...

On March 26, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) filed suit against ERP Environmental Fund Inc., the company that acquired more than 100 mining per- mits out of Patriot Coal Corp.’s bankruptcy in...

In response to an economic downturn in Europe, Brazil and the United States, Coronado Global Resources is temporarily idling its U.S. operations. The company will continue shipments to these regions from existing inventories of...

Contura Energy updated its guidance for 2020, which decreased 700,000 tons for both metallurgical and thermal coal sales. Met shipments will range from 12 million tons to 12.6 million tons, from the previously announced guidance...

Peabody Energy announced its full-year 2019 revenues totaled $4.62 billion compared to $5.58 billion in the prior year, due to an 11% decline in production and lower pricing. The company posted a full-year 2019 loss of $188.3...

Indonesian state-owned coal miner PT Bukit Asam is targeting around 30 million metric tons (mt) of coal production for 2020, according to Reuters. That’s a 1.5-million-mt increase over the company’s 2019 production. Bukit Asam...

Westmoreland Rosebud Mining announced the finalization of a new, six-year agreement to supply coal to Colstrip Generating Station’s Units 3 and 4 in December. The new agreement aligns with the needs of the regulated ownership...

Teck Resources Ltd. has expanded its commercial agreement with Ridley Terminals for shipping coal from Teck’s British Columbia operations. The agreement runs from January 2021 to December 2027, and increases contracted capacity...

By Gavin du Venage, South African Editor Some of the largest mining operations around South Africa have ground to a halt as the country once again undergoes rolling electricity blackouts. In late November, the country’s...

All the coal deposits of Poland’s Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW) have been mapped and stored in virtual 3D space. The company recently completed the project aimed at implementing a modern deposit management and production...

Arch Coal has discontinued longwall operations at its Mountain Laurel mine in Logan County, West Virginia, three months earlier than planned. The move is expected to reduce Arch’s fourth-quarter coking coal volumes by between...